As a world-class integrated behavioral health treatment center, Caron provides an innovative phase system of treatment in Pennsylvania that is driven by an individual achieving identified treatment goals, resulting in a variable length of stay. We believe that no two patients are the same. Their circumstances for entering treatment are a result of varying factors, therefore patients will progress in treatment at varying rates.

While each person's treatment program is different based on their specific needs, every program is made up of these basic elements:

• Individual, group, and family programming and/or treatment
• Educational lectures
• Holistic approach to treatment that includes recreation, wellness and nutrition
• Therapeutic activities, including physical activity and creative work (music, art, equine therapy)
• Evidenced based approaches and 12-step facilitation to manage and reduce barriers to sustained recovery
• Individualized aftercare planning to support the ongoing journey of recovery

Get an idea of a typical day in treatment.

Your activities and length of treatment will be customized for you. But the goal is always the same - developing a plan that will help you achieve and sustain recovery.

Phase 1:

The purpose of Phase 1 is to focus on stabilizing you and beginning the process of identifying and managing your medical and psychological symptoms. Treatment and recovery goals for this phase may include:

• Assessment and identification of
  • Medical conditions
  • Mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, trauma and eating disorders
  • Psychological, personality, and neurocognitive testing
  • Addiction Interaction Disorders/process addictions, which could include not only addiction to drugs and alcohol, but also gambling, sex and love, disordered eating, work and the internet/gaming
  • Wellness and nutritional needs
  • Spiritual care needs including obstacles, background, and preferences
• Participation in:
  • Specialty programming to address specific needs related to such issues as, grief and loss, LGBTQ, trauma, body image, anger, and chronic pain
  • 12-Step meetings, both on and off-campus to provide social support that will help maintain long-term sobriety
  • Family Education programming to gain an understanding of addiction, coping skills, healthy boundaries, and participation in the healing process

As treatment progresses, and as you are better equipped to adjust to a higher level of personal responsibility and independence, you will be ready to move into Phase 2.

Phase 2:

After you have achieved your established Phase 1 goals, your treatment team may recommend you transition to Phase 2. In this phase, the focus will be on addressing the underlying issues that play a role in your addiction and barriers to your successful and sustained recovery. Clinical milestones to achieve during this phase include the development of coping skills to address:

• Co-occurring, behavioral health, and addiction interaction disorders
• Family of origin and attachment styles you may have developed through childhood as a form of "self-protection" from the dynamics within your family
• Personality traits that could positively support or hinder your recovery efforts
• Underlying behavioral health concerns, such as co-occurring disorders, depression, anxiety, and PTSD which create barriers to your sustained health
• Spiritual needs identified in phase 1 will be addressed using a practical, deeper, and more focused approach

These skills will be developed through:

• Continued individualized specialty programming to further explore and address specific needs (i.e. Trauma, Opioid, Parenting, Adoption, Integrated Neurofeedback)
• Extended family work, including application of concepts learned in phase 1 (i.e. - boundaries, communication, roles in recovery)
• 12-Step work integrated into your treatment, a temporary sponsor along with increased off-campus meeting attendance
• Spiritual practices including morning and evening meditation and/or prayer, reading, journaling, study, and spiritual direction
• Therapeutic passes home to identify high risk situations and relapse risk
• Aftercare planning, which includes looking at and continuing to address medical, addiction and behavioral health components